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trapped female
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:19 am
by hamish99
one of my new adult male zebbies has an adult female trapped in his cave, they have been in there all day, and he has started fanning her very quickly with his pelvic fins, is this a good sign
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:04 am
by McEve
That's a good sign! You might have babies before you know it, crossing my fingers that you will! And remember - I'm their aunty
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:08 am
by Adam
That certainly is a good sign
. If I remember correctly you got hold of the sexually mature fish, 7 or so. It's true what McEve says she is the aunty to all our baby zebras, not too sure what that entails but there you go
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:23 am
by McEve
Everybody needs an auntie! It just makes you feel...... safe
I guess this one can be classified together with giving your fish names
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:33 am
by Adam
McEve do you realise that as an Aunty you may be called to baby sit
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Oh no not Rob's George naming thing again
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:38 am
by McEve
Absolutely! That's one of the responsibilities that comes with being an auntie, so anybody wanting to risk not getting them back can call on me for babysitting anytime
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:54 am
by hamish99
we have lift off, a nice batch of eggs not sure how many thre are yet
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:05 am
by McEve
Let me be the first to congratulate!
Exciting times ahead!
Good luck!!
and don't forget to post pictures
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:24 pm
by Adam
Congrats Hamish
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That must be some sort of spawn record as you only got the 7 zebras on 21/03/05 or thereabouts. It took them all of 2 weeks to spawn
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Well done mate
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:48 pm
by hamish99
cheers Adam,
but I didn’t really do anything, just fed them that’s all, well and 25% water change every 4 days, who knows they may all turn out to be infertile, but at least its a start, I feel like i`ve kind of jumped the que a little, with all you guys trying so hard to spawn you zebbies, oh well £600 well spent I suppose. this might keep the wife off my case for a while, i`ll keep you posted.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:01 pm
by Shell231
Did you buy a spawning group hamish? wow thats fast well done mate!! really pleased for you, How many are in this group?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:01 pm
by Shell231
Oh yea what sort of tank set up do you have maybe i can learn from this speedy spawn! lol
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:55 pm
by du ma
hammish
did you just use regular tab water to do your regular water changes?
did you treat your water with any chemicals?
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:49 am
by Rob
Congrats hamish
Excellent news.........glad to see the Invesnecky water is doing the job!
We should be bottling this scottish water and passing it onto those down south!!!!!!
Rob
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:25 pm
by hamish99
I just used plain old tap water and aqua safe,
there are 16 eggs and all have little wriggler`s in, I've left them with the male in his cave in my main tank for now but will move them and the male tomorrow to a smaller tank of their own, things are looking good at the mo, will try to get a pick of them soon